The Smart Watts projects implements the concept of the ‚smart watt‘. i.e. the intelligent kilowatthour: an open system. which enables new services. value added and increased efficiency for utility companies. device manufacturers. service providers and consumers.

In order to reliably substitute large-scale power plants that mainly rely on finite fossil fuels with distributed energy re-sources, system-stabilizing tasks have to be shifted from the transmission system level to the distribution system level. In future, coalitions of distributed consumers, producers and storages providing active power by following concerted schedules or providing system services for frequency and voltage control therefore will have to comply with the same technical requirements as conventional power plants.

One of the most promising investigated grid structures will be demonstrated in a typical rural MV grid, which has to cope a massive implementation of RES. Several technologies like electronical sub-stations, automatical tap changer.,the usage of the flexibility of an biogas plant etc. will be tested and demonstrated.

The main objectives of SEESGEN-ICT consist in producing a harmonized set of priorities to accelerate the introduction of ICT into the Smart Distributed Power Generation Grids, investigating requirements, barriers and proposing solutions. SEESGEN-ICT will produce policy recommendations, identify best practices and draw scenarios and roadmaps for the next generation of electric distribution network.

The project will develop: New forecasting methods for wind generation focusing on uncertainty and challenging situations/extremes. - Models for 'alarming': providing information for the level of predictability in the (very) short-term. - Models for 'warning': providing information for the level of predictability in the medium-term (next day(s)).

Within this project. grid operators. energy suppliers. municipal utilities. wind farm operators. universities. research institutes and RES/ICT related companies will develop tools. infrastructures and strategies to supply a complete district with electricity solely from Renewable Energies.

The objective of REALISEGRID is to develop a set of criteria. metrics. methods and tools to assess how the transmission infrastructure should be optimally developed to support the achievement of a reliable. competitive and sustainable electricity supply in the European Union (EU).

PEGASE is a four year project dealing with the High and Extra High Voltage transmission and sub-transmission networks in Europe (designated as ETN) and implemented by a Consortium composed of 20 Partners including TSOs. expert companies and leading research centre’s in power system analysis and applied mathematics. Its overall objectives are to define the most appropriate state estimation, optimization and simulation frameworks. Their performance and dataflow requirements to achieve an integrated security analysis and control of the ETN.

The project aims at developing a numerical test platform to analyse and to validate new market designs which may allow integrating massive flexible generation dispersed in several regional power markets

OpenNode project is focused on the electrical distribution grid operation and explores answers on the three challenges introduced: • How to improve the distribution grid monitoring to cope with volatile states in the grid • How to integrate the “smart” substation automation devices to increase the efficiency of the distribution grid • How to interoperate with the different roles e.g. operation of the smart meters. power and grid operation